JPH03136740A - Fabrication equipment for processing or assembling parts transported by work carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To accurately position a workpiece in various areas of a conveying track by installing a belt-like driving member on two vertical directional guide lanes of a conveying direction and forming a crossing directional guide lane of a propelling device. CONSTITUTION: A table plate 34 is fixed on the housing part 44, a traveling member 10 is supported on a height guideway 13 through a guide roller 14, the side guideway 14 is formed of the side guide surface 46 of two reversing rollers 29, and a guide passage 48 is formed together with the side guide surface 47 of the traveling member 10. Since a rack 49 is inserted into this area, a driving member 30 meshes with the tooth part 50 to constitute a feed device 15 so as to perform feeding operation of the traveling member 10. Thus, a workpiece can be sufficiently accurately positioned in various areas of a conveying track.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a transverse guide device and a vertical guide device, a propulsion device for a workpiece carrier mounted independently from these guide devices, and a transport track section mounted one after the other. for machining or assembling parts to be carried on a workpiece carrier, each of which is equipped with its own propulsion device independent of the adjacent section and with a strip drive member. The present invention relates to manufacturing equipment for and equipped with a casing part.

According to 0ε-033411452 of the same inventor, a conveying track for the workpiece consists of conveying or work stations joined to one another, these stations having a continuous conveying track with vertical and transverse guide tracks for the workpiece. for workpiece carriers in automatic machining or assembly equipment, forming stage zones with drive elements for workpieces each mounted one after the other, or at each station, for a plurality of successively mounted workpieces. Various drive devices are known. In particular, an endless annular belt is used which is arranged on the side of the workpiece and is pressed against this side by means of a resilient pressing device transversely to the conveying direction.

This results in a good frictional engagement between the rotating belt-shaped drive elements, for example V-belts or flat belts, so that the driving force can be transmitted to the workpiece essentially without play. This drive system is particularly characterized in that the workpieces are moved independently of each other along the transverse and vertical guide tracks, so that even if one workstation fails, the workpieces can be transported to the other workstations regardless of this. Suitable for so-called loosely coupled installations.

Furthermore, DB-O32756422 provides a drive member for fabrication equipment for manufacturing parts in two or more stages, with linear conveying paths installed in parts in processing or assembly stations configured in the fabrication equipment. It is publicly known. The drive and conveying device comprises two longitudinal guide tracks spaced from each other transversely to the conveying direction for transverse guidance and one longitudinal guide device for longitudinal guidance. It is equipped with a longitudinal guiding device for the workpiece carrier. A drive body is arranged in the longitudinal guide track and in the longitudinal guide device, which frictionally engages the outer surface of the workpiece or workpiece carrier.

The individual drives are spaced apart from one another in the conveying direction of the longitudinal guide, so that it is possible to approach the workpiece or the workpiece carrier from below.

This drive and transport device itself has proven useful in practice. However, the use of two mutually spaced longitudinal guide tracks and various configurations of drives for transverse guidance has made its use very difficult in many applications for reasons of space and cost.

In a drive arrangement for a processing or assembly machine known from US Pat. The workpiece carrier is supported via a support member by two belt arrangements parallel to each other, so that these belts simultaneously transmit a propulsion force to the workpiece carrier. Placing the rotating belt on both sides increases the cost of safety equipment to prevent injury to workers, and requires complicated recesses and through holes to place the belt below the table plate. Yes, the manufacturing cost is very high. Furthermore, since the belt simultaneously guides and drives the workpiece carrier, belt wear is significant and the accuracy of positioning the workpiece carrier for multiple work processes is not sufficient.

In principle, a distinction can be made between this type of installations into so-called loosely connected installations and tightly connected installations. In loosely coupled equipment, the workpiece carriers or their carriages move along the equipment completely independently of each other, so that failure of one piece of equipment at one workstation will not interrupt operations at other workstations. A certain amount of time is rarely affected. In tightly coupled equipment, the workpiece carriers are interlocked with each other, so that a failure in one workstation area blocks all workpiece carriers and all workstations. Each of these two types of equipment has its own uses, with tightly coupled equipment being used when a small number of workstations are connected together. This is because the total utilization rate is the product of the utilization rates of individual workstations. Loosely coupled equipment is often used to connect a large number of workstations, for example 40 or more. This is because, in this case, the utilization rate is a composite value of the individual workstations, and is not a product of the utilization rates of the individual workstations.

Same applicant 08-033502868, DB-033
502820, Rotoro 53411452 and DB-P
According to S3304091, various loosely coupled installations are known which have proven useful in practice for linking multiple workstations. The workpiece carrier or its traveling movement is guided independently of one another by vertical and transverse guide tracks, the workpiece being moved by suitable means of conveying rollers which are pressed against the sides of the workpiece carrier. Play-free transverse and vertical guidance is guaranteed. As a result, precise positioning of the workpiece carrier in cooperation with the drive is achieved throughout the entire operation of this type of installation.

Furthermore, from DB-O 3 2 6 4 0 5 93 a rigidly connected installation is known in which the individual workpiece carriers are connected via a chain conveyor. This type of equipment has heretofore been difficult to mass produce or to adapt to the varying needs of varying numbers of workstations. Additionally, it has been difficult to adjust chain conveyors to assembly or processing equipment attached to workstations.

The rigidly coupled parts processing and assembly equipment known, for example, from D.D. Rotary tables cannot be expanded later with additional workstations and require a large amount of space, especially if several workstations are arranged one after the other.In addition, the assembly and operating devices installed inside the rotary table or The close arrangement of processing equipment makes access, configuration, and maintenance very difficult.

Furthermore, according to DE-O 32106595, a plurality of interconnected machines, each forming a conveying track section, can be connected to an integrated production system in a sequence adapted to the current production program via coupling members of mutually matching shape. Production systems consisting of tables are known. The machine table provided for this system is made of frame structure and is made heavy to resist various loads. Due to this massive construction, the machine table is heavy and difficult to handle during transport.

However, according to DB-O33502868, machine tables for fabrication equipment using modular construction methods, which are composed of heavy parts and are simply connected to form stable machine tables for various work stations, such as transport stations and guide stations, are also available. It is publicly known. Due to its simple structure, moderate loads and long cycle times, it is suitable for use in combination with manual stations.
This mechanical table is either too expensive or difficult to use.

The object of the invention is to provide a production installation for the production or assembly of parts that can be manufactured cheaply, consists of as few parts as possible, and that nevertheless allows a sufficiently precise positioning of the workpieces in different areas of the transport track. is to obtain a driving and guiding device.

Furthermore, the aim is to obtain a housing part for a working or processing station or manual station that requires less space due to the loosely coupled system and can be used selectively for different applications.

This problem of the invention is solved by installing two vertical guide tracks spaced apart in a direction transverse to the conveying direction, attaching a belt-shaped drive member to the vertical guide tracks, and forming the transverse guide track with the propulsion device. be done. The advantage of this seemingly simple solution is that the strip-shaped drive member provides a propulsion force to the workpiece carrier, and this propulsion device simultaneously acts as a transverse guiding device and thus carries out transverse guidance of the workpiece carrier. It is a point.

In addition, the belt-shaped drive member is formed by an annular toothed belt, which toothed belt extends parallel to the vertical guide track and is guided in the transverse direction and in the vertical direction via two belt boots spaced apart from each other in the conveying direction. , is also advantageous in that it is connected to an electric motor.

This is because a transverse guidance of the workpiece is thereby obtained at the same time with the belt boot originally required for the guidance of the toothed belt.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the toothed belt and the belt pulley are mounted in a plane perpendicular to the conveying direction.

As a result, the gearing only projects on the surface, or the working plate projects upwards in the respective transport track section.
This work plate can be used particularly advantageously in the area of manual stations, since there is no risk of pinching the operator.

It is also advantageous for the oppositely facing sides or the outer periphery of the belt boot to form a transverse guide surface for the transverse guide surface of the workpiece carrier. This is because, instead of the belt itself, each part of the rotating belt booth of the belt is used to guide the workpiece carrier in the transverse direction, so there is a sliding friction between the workpiece carrier and the transverse guide track. This is because rolling friction occurs instead.

Furthermore, it is also possible for the two transverse guide surfaces to form a substantially U-shaped or trapezoidal guideway that is open towards the propulsion device and for the rack to be mounted at the base of this guideway.

Thereby, the transverse guiding device not only provides transverse guidance of the workpiece carrier itself, but also simultaneously aligns the propulsion device with respect to the workpiece carrier. Furthermore, vibration-free force transmission from the toothed belt to the rack is obtained.

It is also possible to provide gears on the side of the toothed belt facing the rack and on the side opposite the rack, and to provide gears at least on the belt pulley connected to the drive body. Thereby, play between the electric motor and the toothed belt and between the toothed belt and the workpiece carrier can be reduced to a minimum,
Accurate propulsion can be achieved.

According to another embodiment, the propulsion device is mounted between two vertical guide devices, in particular in close proximity to one of the propulsion devices, and the rack and the vertical guide device are supported on, for example, rigid guide ribs. The shaft of the guide roller is mounted in a plane generally parallel to the conveying plane. This effectively prevents the generation of overturning moments and nevertheless allows access to the workpiece carrier or workpiece from below, and thus through the table plate supporting the vertical guide. .

Furthermore, it is also possible to support the belt pulley of the propulsion device and the electric motor attached to the strip drive member on a common carrier plate, which is held on a table plate or a housing part for the assembly or processing station. This allows for a simple design of the drive and quick replacement in the event of a drive failure by replacing the entire transport plate together with the electric motor.

It is also advantageous for the vertical guide device, or the guide ribs and the strip-shaped drive element forming the vertical guide device, to protrude from the upper side of the table plate. This prominent arrangement eliminates the need to provide dangerous openings in the table plate, especially due to the danger of pinching of employees in manual stations, and allows the drive formed in this way to be easily attached to the workpiece in the manual station area. It can also be used for transporting vehicles without additional safety equipment.

According to another embodiment, the length of the rack is greater than the distance in the transport direction between two propulsion devices arranged one after the other. This ensures seamless continuous propulsion of the workpiece carrier even in the transition between two successive propulsion devices.

It is also possible to form the electric motor by a stepping motor with a control device. Thereby, the position at which the workpiece carrier should stop can be easily specified and changed at any time.

It is also advantageous to mount a response element at a predetermined distance from the processing or assembly station, so that energizing this response element causes the electric motor or the toothed belt to rotate further by a predetermined number of steps. This is because a zero point determination is thereby always carried out before starting a measuring operation, so that the propulsion path can be accurately observed even when using a stepper motor.

According to another embodiment, the toothed belt has a flat toothing on the side facing the rack and an acute toothing on the side facing the belt boot. This makes it possible to reliably prevent tooth-to-tooth collisions on the toothed belt and the rack, and on the other hand, a slip-free tracking and positioning of the toothed belt is ensured by means of the guide pulley coupled to the electric motor.

In addition, at least one side surface is inclined away from the vertical guide in the direction of the longitudinal center axis of the workpiece carrier, this side surface is supported by oppositely inclined transverse guide rollers, and the opposite side It is also possible for the lateral sides to be guided by support rollers, with the lateral rollers being supported elastically deformably or adjustable transversely to the vertical guide track. Thereby, in areas where very high demands are placed on the transverse centering of the workpiece carrier,
This requirement can be achieved by simple means.

It is also possible to attach a single ring toothed belt parallel to the vertical guide track in a plane parallel to the transport surface, and attach the belt surface of this toothed belt on the opposite side of the toothed belt to the side surface of the workpiece carrier. It is possible. Thereby, a play-free transmission between the electric motor and the toothed belt is achieved, and a large friction surface for transmitting the propulsion force between the side surface and the toothed belt is obtained.

According to a further embodiment, between the belt pulleys for the toothed belt which are spaced from one another in the longitudinal direction of the vertical guide track, support rollers are fitted which produce a pressing force acting in the direction of the side surface of the workpiece carrier. There is. As a result, in addition to precise transverse guidance of the workpiece, precise vertical guidance can be achieved.

Furthermore, it is also possible for the belt boot of the toothed belt to be adjustable transversely to the vertical guide track via a spring device. Thereby, it is possible to obtain an even pressing force between the toothed belt and the side surface of the workpiece carrier over the entire length of the belt.

Furthermore, on the side of the workpiece carrier opposite the toothed belt, a transverse guide roller rotating about an axis perpendicular to the conveying surface;
For example, it is advantageous to install rolling bearings or needle bearings. This is because there is no risk of derailment of the workpiece carrier or of the vertical guide device falling off, even when working with high transverse pressure forces between the toothed belt and the workpiece carrier.

According to another embodiment, the propulsion device is mounted on a bucket-shaped holding device, which is rotatably supported via a bearing arrangement, and which is coupled to a gear wheel connected to the holding device and mounted parallel to the conveying surface. A propulsion device supported by a mounting frame is attached to a plane parallel to the plane. Thereby, a common propulsion device can be used to propel the workpiece carrier and drive the rotatable transport track section.

According to another embodiment of rigidity, the length and width of the casing parts for the linear conveyance track and for the cross conveyance track are equal, the width being smaller than the length. The advantage of this solution is that it has been possible to obtain a single casing part that allows linear propulsion at the workstation and guidance of the chassis from one transport direction to another. It is thereby possible to accommodate mutually parallel conveying paths with the smallest possible spacing, so that for one operator, for example, workpiece carriers on two mutually parallel conveying paths are within reach and thus within the operator's working range.

Another advantage is that the casing portion includes two rectangular base frames, which are connected to four corner base frames via right-angled columns. Because the casing part has such a simple structure,
It can also be formed by casting, which provides high accuracy and reduces processing costs for the casing part.

In addition, the lower base frame has an annular fixing plate member in the area of the vertical side wall, the upper base frame has a linear fixing plate member in the area of the short edge of the base frame, and a short fixing plate member in the area of the long side edge. It is also possible to provide fixing plate members extending from the side edges toward each other by approximately one-third of the total length. By doing so, the processing cost of the base frame can be reduced as much as possible, and furthermore, auxiliary devices such as feeding devices and operating devices can be fixed via this processed surface, as well as the fixing plate member and the guide surface attached to it can be fixed. It is also possible to hold the casing part at a desired distance from a support surface, such as a foundation, by means of a support structure, for example made of an aluminum molded part.

Furthermore, the upper rectangular base frame is placed on a table plate, on which a linear vertical guide device, for example a guide rib made of hardened hardened steel, is attached, and a recess or through hole is provided for accommodating the propulsion device. It is also possible. By configuring the table plate differently, the housing part can thereby be quickly used for different applications, for example in manual stations or in the area of automatic stations.

Furthermore, it is an advantage that two or more casing parts, whose side walls are mounted directly adjacent, form a continuous transport track for the workpiece carrier. This is because by connecting the casing parts, a conveyance track of arbitrary length can be obtained.

According to another embodiment, the sloped walls are mounted directly adjacent;
At least two rows of casing sections parallel to each other attach the longitudinal side walls directly adjacent to each other. Thereby,
The two transport tracks of the chassis or workpiece carrier can be arranged with a very small mutual spacing. Thereby, in particular, an operator sitting in front of the longitudinal wall can have within reach the longitudinal guide tracks arranged in two immediately adjacent rows of casing parts.

In addition, the table plate has a slot-shaped recess parallel to the upper and lower guide tracks, and this recess can be installed between two upper and lower guide tracks, especially close to one of the upper and lower guide tracks. be. Thereby, by embedding the propulsion device in the table plate, the casing part can be used in the manual station area and, furthermore, in the work station area, the undercarriage or the transport plate or the workpiece carrier can be approached from the casing part side. Is possible.

It is also possible to attach the propulsion device to the carrier plate and to fix the carrier plate to the table plate, with the band-like drive member, for example a ring-shaped toothed belt, projecting from the table plate at a predetermined distance.

This makes it possible to make do with a standard propulsion system and quickly replace the propulsion system in the event of a failure.

It is also advantageous that, arranged in line with the propulsion device and before and/or after this propulsion device, a transverse guide member, in particular a transverse guide roller rotatable about an axis parallel to the table plate, is provided. be. This is because accurate transverse guidance is thereby possible even with a mutual spacing that approximately corresponds to the length of the undercarriage in the transport direction.

Further, the table plate has a circular recessed portion, and a pedestal is provided that passes through the casing portion in the opposite direction to the table plate, and the rotating disk is rotatably supported in this pedestal via a holding device about an axis perpendicular to the table plate. Is possible. As a result, the chassis can be rotated and used on conveying paths with an angular progression.

According to another embodiment, the rotating disc has an elongated depression,
At this recessed portion, the upper inter-vehicle portion of the band-shaped drive member penetrates and protrudes through the table plate. Thereby, the propulsion device provided for the transport station can also be used in the area of the rotating disk for propulsion of the chassis.

In addition, a linear vertical guide device that forms a vertical guide track, such as a ground hardened steel guide rib, is attached parallel to the vertically long recessed part, and the vertical guide track portion is transported to various angular positions of these vertical guide devices. The table is mounted at equal intervals transversely to the direction, in particular, the upper and lower guide track portions are mounted parallel and at right angles to the longitudinal side wall of the casing part, and the table faces the rotating disk from the short side wall or the long side wall, respectively. Another advantage is that it extends to the front edge of the plate. As a result, the chassis or workpiece carrier can be used on various transport routes without shocks or vibrations.
I can guide you accurately.

According to another embodiment, the holding device is connected to a particularly rotating rim mounted parallel to the rotating disk in the end region opposite the rotating disk, which rim is inserted into the drive member of the propulsion device and which A propulsion device is mounted at right angles to the propulsion device attached to the rotating disc and is shaped similarly to this propulsion device.

This allows the standard propulsion system to be used even when the rotating disk is twisted.

According to another embodiment, the holding device is rotatably supported on a pedestal via a bearing device about an axis perpendicular to the table plate, and the gear wheel is provided in a portion of the holder that projects beyond the pedestal in the opposite direction to the rotating disk. It is attached to. This facilitates access to the propulsion device and allows rapid replacement of the propulsion device in the event of drive failure.

It is also advantageous for the housing part and/or the pedestal and/or the holding device to be made of cast metal. This is because it provides an economic relationship between cost and strength. This is particularly because the casing part can be used both as a transport station and as a branching station, and the total number is significantly greater than in installations with separate transporting and branching stations.

Also, on the longitudinal guide track closest to the operator, for example a parallel conveyance track, a chassis carrying the assembly parts is mounted, and on the longitudinal guide track mounted directly adjacent to the longitudinal side wall facing away from this operator, for example sub-haulway,
It is also possible to carry grab buckets or working and/or processing implements. Due to the small depth of the two directly adjacent rows of casing sections, the workpieces are then passed through a second guide track which is arranged opposite to the guide track through which the workpiece carrier carrying the parts to be machined or assembled is passed. The appropriate number and shape of parts needed for assembly can be easily supplied to the operator. This makes it extremely easy to obtain the prerequisites for accurately producing small-scale products that differ only in design, such as color.

Within a very short time and without operator intervention, the undercarriage removes unnecessary parts and transports them to the storage area, while the undercarriage with grab buckets containing the individual parts required for assembly is placed in the manual area. It can be placed in

Additionally, empty grab buckets or pallets can be quickly replaced so that replenishment of parts requires no or only brief interruptions to the work flow.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail using embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a manufacturing device 1 used for processing or assembling a component 3 arranged on a running member 2. FIG. This component 3 is formed from a number of individual parts 4 which are prepared in a container 5 or pallet insert 6 for assembly. A production device of this type is, for example, provided with work stations 7 and 8. At work station 7, operations, joining and processing are performed by worker 9, and work station 8 is a so-called CNC machine.
It is designed as a module, ie a fully automatic assembly or processing station. For advancing the carriage 2 or the container 5 or the pallet insert 6, preferably a homogeneous carriage 10 is used, which carriage 10 has the height and side guideways formed by the individual carriage sections 11, 12. They can be moved along lines 13 and 14 by means of the feed device 15 independently from one another, ie by piecemeal connections, from one working station 7 to the other working station 8.

The individual track sections 11.12 are arranged on a transfer station 16 or a branch station 17.

This type of production is possible by providing arbitrary rows of transfer stations 16 or coupling stations 17, which are also referred to as transfer modules or coupling modules, because they preferably do not have the same dimensions or can be coupled to each other in any position. A main transfer path 18 or a parallel transfer path 19 or a sub-transfer path 20 necessary for constructing the device 1 can be formed. A lateral transfer path 21 is provided to connect the main transfer path 18, parallel transfer path 19, and sub transfer path 20. Furthermore, it is also possible to provide a reverse transfer path 22 and a storage transfer path 23 in order to allow the same traveling member 2 to pass the worker 9 many times through the main transfer path 18 or the parallel transfer path 19. It is.

For the transfer or branching stations 16 and 17 or the transfer stations 24 and 25 in the area of the work station 8, differently designed feed devices 15 and 2 are provided.
6 or 27 may be provided.

A feeding device 15 is shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, and this feeding device 15 is provided with a belt-shaped drive member 30 that rotates through reversing rollers 28 and 29. This belt-shaped drive element 30 is designed as a toothed belt 31, of which reversing rollers 28, 29
Teeth 32 are provided on the side, and teeth 3 are provided on the opposite side of the reversing roller.
3 is provided.

On the side opposite the table plate 34, the toothed belt 31 is guided between the reversing rollers 28, 29 via a drive pinion 35 and a tension roller 36.

The drive pinion 35 is coupled to the drive shaft of the drive motor 37 and rotates together. Drive motor 37, reversing roller 28.
29 and tension roller 36 are mounted on a common support plate 3
It is located on 8. The support plate 38 is fixed so that the upper side 39 of the drive member 30 is attached to the upper surface 4 of the table plate 34.
This is done so that it protrudes a small distance of 40 from 1. Said distance 40 is preferably equal to or smaller than the average thickness of a large finger, and this small distance 40 ensures that the fingers of the worker in the area of the manual work area are free from the upper surface 41 of the table plate 34 and the running member 10. This prevents it from being caught between the lower surface 42 on the table plate side. For this reason, it is also effective if the distance between the steel rail of the height guideway 13 inserted into the table plate 34 and the upper surface 41 of the table plate 34 is not larger than the distance 40.

As is further clear from Fig. 2, table plate 3
4 is fixed on the housing part 44.

The running member 10 is further supported on the height guideway 13 via guide rollers 45 . The side guideways 14 of the running member 10 are formed by the side guide surfaces 46 of the reversing rollers 28,29. This side guide surface 46 forms a guide passage 48 together with a side guide surface 47 disposed on the lower side 42 of the traveling member 10, and extends to the right.
The guide passage 48 has a substantially trapezoidal cross section, and the end of the guide passage on the lower surface 42 side is open.

In the region of the upper part of the guide channel 48 extending parallel to the lower side 42 a rack 49 is inserted, the gearing 50 of the rack facing towards the drive member 30 .

Structure of side guide surface 46, reversing rollers 28, 29,
The arrangement of the rack 49 in the guide channel 48 results in centering of the rack 49 on the drive member 30 together with the side guide of the running member 10 . At the same time, this ensures that the toothing 33 of the toothed belt 31 engages the toothing 50 of the rack 49 in a reliable and centered manner.

Furthermore, as is clear from FIG. 2, a pallet insertion member 6 is mounted on the traveling member 10, and this pallet insertion member is supported by the traveling member 10 via a coupling device 51. In the simplest case, the coupling device 51 is formed by a centering pin 52 with a conical end. This conical end of the centering pin 52 is fitted into the same conical recess 53 provided in the surface 54 of the running member 10. Due to the weight of the pallet inserting member 6, the pallet inserting device is coupled to the traveling member 10 at a precise position. The centering pin 52 is connected to the support plate 5 of the pallet insertion member 6.
5, and as is clear from the figure, a conical recess 53 is formed at the end opposite to the conical tip. By providing this conical recess 53, a large number of pallet insertion members 6 can be stacked at a centrally determined position.

Furthermore, if the length 56 of the centering pin 52 is selected to be even slightly larger than the length 57 measured perpendicularly to the support plate 55, the individual pallet inserts 6 can be replaced by other auxiliary means or guide mechanisms. They can be directly superimposed without using .

In particular, as is clear from FIG. 3, side guide mechanisms 58, 59 are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the height guideway 13 in front of and behind the belt-shaped drive member 30 in the middle of the running path sections 11 and 12. . Side guide mechanism 5
8.59 is formed by a roller 60, which roller 66 can be rotatably mounted directly in the table plate 34. However, this roller 60 may have a smaller circumferential surface than, for example, the reversing rollers 28, 29. However, in that case, the roller 60 is replaced by the reversing roller 2.
8, 29, so that when the running member 2 to 10 moves along the height guideway 13, the guide path 48 still remains on the reversing rollers 28, 29. At this point, it is also guided laterally by side guide mechanisms 58,59. This ensures that undesirable significant lateral displacements that occur during the advance of the running member 10 along the height guideway 13 are prevented.

The arrangement of the additional side guide mechanisms 58, 59 also makes it possible to reduce the length 61 of the feed device 15 to a minimum, thereby preventing inaccuracies or reversing rollers due to different lengths of the belt-like drive mechanism. Vibration due to the large tension length between 28 and 29 can be prevented. However, the length 61 of the feed device 15 is nevertheless such that the length 61 of the feed device 15 of the two running path sections 11 which are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the height guideway 13 is
The distance 61 between them is selected to be smaller than the length of the rack 49 of the running member 10. This ensures seamless feeding of the running member 10 via the abutting track sections 11 and 12. However, another advantage is also that, with such a construction, the same feed device 15 can be used in the area of the track section 12 which is provided in the area of the branching station 17 as in the area of the transfer station.

A continuous lateral guidance of the running member 10 in the transition region between the mutually abutting track sections 11 of the transfer station 16 is achieved by means of side guide mechanisms 58,59.

A bonding station 17 is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. This joining station 17 is a transfer station 16
In contrast, the feed device 15 is not arranged on the table plate 34 but on the rotary disk 63.

The same feed device 15 can be used for the transfer station 16 and the combination station 17 in that the housing part 44 of the joining station 17 has the same external dimensions as the transfer station 16, in particular the same length 64 and the same width 65. Accordingly, the same reference numerals are used in FIGS. 2 to 4 for the same parts of the feed device 15.

The rotary disk 63, in which the feed device 15 is fixed by means of the support plate 38, is arranged on a holding device 66, which is shaped like a pot. The holding device 66 is supported within the support base 68 via a bearing device 67, and the support base 6
8 is not combined with the table plate 34 or is formed integrally therewith. An opening 69 having a size approximately equal to the diameter of the rotating disk 63 is formed in the table plate 34 to accommodate the rotating disk 63. Each height guideway 13 has an end face 70 on the table plate 34.
and the end edge 71. A height guideway 13 is likewise provided on both sides of the feed device 150, which height guideway can be formed, for example, by a hardened or ground guide rail. The feed device 15 is arranged in a recess 72 in the rotary disk 63 as well as in the table plate 34 .

In order to adjust the rotary disk 63 relative to the table plate 34, the holding device 66 projects beyond the support 68 on the side opposite the table plate 34. A gear 74 is provided on the protrusion 73 that protrudes beyond the support base 68.
is fixed, and this gear 74 meshes with a belt-shaped drive member 30 of another feeding device 75.

The feeding device 75 can also be formed in the same way as the feeding device 15 and can be fixed directly to the support 68 or attached to the support 68.
It is fixed to a support stand 76 connected to 8. For example, by rotating a belt-shaped driving member 30 such as a toothed belt 31, the rotating disk 63 is moved to the table plate 3.
It can be adjusted in any angular position with respect to 48 over a full circle, ie 360°.

Further, by using the belt-like drive member 30 and its inherent elasticity, shock-free acceleration and retardation can be obtained when rotating the rotary disk 63 relative to the table plate 34.

As can be seen in particular from FIG. 6, the width 65 of the housing part 44 is only slightly larger than the diameter 77 of the rotary disk 63. In this case, the height guideway section 78 , for example a hardened or polished steel rail, arranged on the rotating disk 63 is at least slightly greater than the axial distance 80 of the guide roller 45 of the running member 10 . It is advantageous to have a length of 79. Note that the traveling member 10 or the pallet insertion member 6 can be made to protrude in one direction or both directions. However, pallet insertion member 6
is advantageously shorter than the length 64 of the housing part 44. In other words, the running member 10 or the pallet inserting member 6 or the container 5 can be arranged in each continuous running path portion, and the running member 10 or the pallet inserting member 6 or the container 5 does not come into contact with each other.

Such a construction makes it possible to arrange the individual housing sections 44 transversely to the longitudinal direction of the track sections with the longitudinal sides directly adjacent to each other, with the distance between the track sections as short as possible; This makes it possible to minimize the operating distance of the operator in the area of the manual handling area or the travel distance of the manual device located above the track section. This makes it possible to save time and costs when carrying out the manipulation or joining process.

However, in that case, when the rotating disc 63 rotates in the region of the coupling station 17, which moves the carrier 10 from the main transfer path 18 to the parallel transfer channel 19 or to the storage transfer channel 23, the carrier 10 or the pallet insert 6 moves into the housing. Provision must be made in such a way that it can protrude from part 44, so that the running member 2 or the pallet insert 6 or the container 5 can be placed in both housing parts directly adjacent to this housing part 44 in the longitudinal region. Must not be placed.

In order to connect the rotary disk 63 or the height guideway section 78 arranged thereon with the parallel transport path 19 or the storage transport path 23, the height guideway section 81 of the main transport path 18 has, for example, a 90° angle. A height guideway portion 82 is provided at an angle.

7 to 9 show an embodiment of the feeding device 15, and in this embodiment, a belt-shaped drive member 84 is provided around the side surface 83 of the traveling member 10 once. A belt-shaped drive member 84, such as a toothed belt 85, is arranged in a plane extending parallel to the table plate 34, and is rotatable about two axes 86 extending perpendicularly to the table plate 34. Two rollers 28・
You will be guided around 29. The teeth 87 of the toothed belt 85 are arranged on the reversing roller 28 and 29 sides. In order to create a sufficient frictional connection between the side surface 83 of the running member 10 and the belt-like drive member 84 and also in the area between the reversing rollers 28, 29, a support roller 88 is arranged and extends to the right. For example, under the action of a spring 890, the belt-shaped drive member 84 is moved to the side surface 8 of the traveling member 2 with a predetermined force.
Press 3. This ensures a sufficient frictional connection between the belt-like drive element 84 and the side surface 83 over the entire length of the running element 2, so that the running element 2 or the pallet insert 8 or the container placed thereon can be moved precisely and It can be transported without slipping. Of course, it is also possible to form the reversing rollers 28 and 29 to be elastically deformable, for example in the radial direction, so that the reversing rollers act on the biasing force of the belt-shaped drive member 84 in the direction of the side surface 83 of the running member 2. . Furthermore, it is also possible to arrange the reversing rollers 28, 29 and the support roller 88 on a common support plate, which support plate is pressed against the side surface 83 of the running member 10 via a spring 89 or other elastic member. has been done.

In order to ensure sufficient tension of the belt-like drive member 84, a tension roller 9 is additionally provided between the reversing rollers 28, 29.
0 is provided, which tension roller is pressed outwardly away from the height guideway 13, for example under the action of a spring 890, so that even if the length of the belt-shaped drive member 84 changes, it remains supported. Adjustment of roller 88 can compensate for the length change.

In order to be able to guide the running member 10 without play and in a precise position, the side surfaces 83 of the running member 10 are
The opposite side 91 is supported by a side guide roller 92 rotatable about an axis 86 oriented perpendicularly to the table plate 34 . A precise position transverse to the transport direction (arrow 93) of the running member 2 is thereby obtained, so that the exact position of the belt-like drive member 84 determines the positioning of the running member 10 at the individual work stations 7 or 8. There is no negative effect on accuracy.

Of course, in the case of this embodiment as well, in addition to the gear cutter 87 on the toothed belt 85, there is also a gear cutter 33 on the side opposite to the gear cutter 87.
It is also possible to form a slit, which is shown in dotted lines in FIG. Similarly, if complementary and equal gearing 94 is formed on the side surface 83 of the running member 2, as indicated by the dotted line, then the running member 10 can be moved by the arrow 93 with a device of this type.
In other words, the traveling member 10 can be accurately positioned without slipping in the forward direction.

FIG. 9 further shows a drive motor 37 and a reversing roller 28.
The method of transmitting forces between the drive shafts 29 or 86 is shown. The drive motor 37 or its motor shaft is fixedly connected to the drive pinion 35, for example by means of a spring or a wedge. The toothed belt 95 is wound around a belt pulley 96 that is non-rotatably coupled to the shaft 86. The belt wheel 96 is provided with a gear cutter that cooperates with a gear cutter 97 of the toothed belt 95 . A gearing 98 formed on the outside of the toothed belt 95 meshes with the drive pinion 35 of the drive motor 37 . Since the drive pinion 35 is displaced toward the opposite side of the toothed belt 950 with respect to the tangent line that touches both belt pulleys 96, the toothed belt 95 is wrapped around the belt pulley 96 at an angle greater than 180°. Drive binion 3
5, in order to obtain sufficient winding of the toothed belt 95, a reversing roller 99 is disposed between the two belt wheels 96, and the toothed belt is moved by the reversing roller 99 to the tangent line connecting the two belt wheels 96. will be moved to the area of A tension roller 100 is arranged between the reversing roller 99 and the belt pulley 96 remote from the drive motor 37, and this tension roller 100 is moved against the toothed belt 95 under the action of a spring 89, for example a compression spring. Pressed. Preferably, the reversing roller 99 and the tension roller 1
Since 00 is provided with a small gear cutter, changes in belt length are compensated steplessly, and the toothed belt 9
5. Tension and elongation are prevented.

As is clear from FIG. 7, the force connection between the shaft 86 and the belt pulley 96 takes place via a friction plate 101, which is pressed against the side of the belt pulley 96 by a spring 102. A support plate 104 is positioned via a screw nut 103 that is fastened to a threaded portion of the shaft 86, thereby moving the friction plate 101 onto the belt pulley 96.
The biasing force of the spring that presses against the side surface is determined. Friction plate 1
01 is rotatably connected to the shaft 86 via a pin 105 passing through the shaft 86, for example.

The frictional force between the friction plate 101 and the belt pulley 960 is applied to the side surface 83 of the running member 10 due to the contact between the toothed belt 85 and the belt pulley 960.
is greater than the restraining force exerted by the toothed belt 95 , the rotational movement of the toothed belt 95 is transmitted to the toothed belt 85 . For example, if the running member 10 is fixed in a predetermined working position in the region of the toothed belt 85, for example by a positioning device or a stop, the side surface 83 of the running member 10
The frictional force between the gear belt 85 and the gear belt 85 is greater than the frictional force between the friction plate 101 and the belt sheave 96, thereby causing the belt sheave 96 to idle.

As a result, during the stationary state of the running member 10, the feed device 1
Excessive use of the toothed belt 85 in the region 5 is prevented, or it becomes possible to provide gears on the side surface 83 of the toothed belt 85 as well.

This is because the toothing of the toothed belt 85 or of the side surface 83 is prevented from being destroyed by the friction plate 101, which is designed as a friction clutch and cooperates with the belt pulley 96.

If the friction force between the friction plate 101 and the belt pulley 96 can be adjusted, the friction value can be further easily adjusted to a predetermined value.

At the same time, this type of friction clutch is connected to both reversing rollers 28°29
By disposing the toothed belt 95 that drives the toothed belt 95 and the toothed belt 85 that is in contact with the traveling member lo, soft delay and acceleration can be obtained by setting the frictional force in the friction clutch.

10 and 11 show the running member 10 entering the area of the feed device 15, for example as described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6. In FIGS. As can be seen from the figure, the toothing 33 of a drive member 30 of this kind is designed in the form of a pointed toothing, in which the tooth flanks 106 extend substantially to form a tip. Rack 49 movably coupled to running member 10
If the gear cutter 50 is also provided with relatively thin teeth, each tooth 107 of the toothed belt 31 can be easily fitted into the interdental portion 108 of the rack 49, for example. This reliably prevents the rack 49 from running over from the tooth 109 to the tooth 107 and thereby lifting the running member 10 out of the height guideway 13.

As is further clear from the figure, the distance 62 between the reversing rollers 28, 29 of the feed device 15 arranged in succession is smaller than the axial distance 80 of the guide roller 450 of the running element IO.

This ensures that over the entire transport path at least one feed device 15.75 engages with the rack 49 of the running member 10. Also in the transition region between a feed device 15.75 and a further feed device 15.75, the running member 10
Tooth 10 of toothed belt 31 of subsequent feed device 15.75
The forward feeder is already engaged between 7 and 15.75
be freed from In addition to the reversing rollers 28 and 29, the roller 6
By providing 0, even in an area where the toothed belt 31 or the belt-shaped drive member 30 is not provided, the traveling member 10 (and the pallet inserting member 6 if it is arranged thereon) 6) is ensured. As a result, only a small overlap length between the rack 49 and the toothed belt 31 is sufficient, and it only needs to be used for the forward movement of the running member 10.

This is because the lateral guidance during this period is performed by rollers 60. Furthermore, in order to be able to position the running member 10 in any arbitrary position along the height guideway 13 in the area of the working station, in front of such a working position 110, which is shown in dash-dotted lines, ,
For example, a detection mechanism 111 is arranged which cooperates with a marking 112 arranged on the running member 10. This detection mechanism 111 is arranged at a predetermined distance 113 in front of the working position 110. When the marking 112 of the traveling member 10 passes the detection mechanism 111, a signal from the detection mechanism 111 is applied to the control device 114, whereby it is detected that the traveling member 10 has to travel a further distance 113 to reach the desired working position 110. Ru. If the drive motor 37 is configured as a stepper motor, this distance 113 is converted into a predetermined number of rotational steps of the drive motor 37.
The drive motor 37 is controlled by the target value/actual value comparator 115.
The number of switching steps to be rotated is monitored. When that number of steps is reached, the drive motor 37 is stopped.

As a result, the running member 1 in the area of the working position 110
0 can be positioned relatively accurately.

Of course, the control device 114 can cooperate with a cascaded control system or a feed device 15 arranged upstream of the control device, as shown schematically. If higher positional accuracy is required, it is also possible to use any other measuring device for monitoring the distance traveled by the running member 10.

Furthermore, FIG. 11 shows the height 11 of the teeth 109 of the rack 49.
6 is shown decreasing towards the front end 117 of the running member 10. Thus, for example, the height 116 of the teeth 118-120 of the rack 49 is lower than the height of the tooth 109. Furthermore, the width 121 of the tooth 109 is greater than the width 122 of the tooth 118, in which case the teeth 119 and 120 can be designed approximately as points. Due to the lower height of the teeth 118-120, corresponding to the entry angle 123,124,
In cooperation with the shape of the tooth surface 106 of the tooth 107 of the toothed belt 31, the tooth 107 is reliably moved into the tooth gap 108 of the toothed belt 31, or the teeth 109 to 118-120 are moved into the tooth gap 125 almost without impact. Can be positioned. especially,
By forming the teeth 118 to 120 to be sharp, even in the position where the toothed belt 31 or the rack 49 overlap, the toothed belt and the tooth 107 are pushed toward the tooth gap 108 as the engagement depth increases, and This reliably prevents the traveling member 10 from being lifted or coming off the height guideway 13.

12 and 13 show a further embodiment of the feed device 126, in which the running member 10 is guided on a height guideway 13. In FIG. For lateral guidance, side guide rollers 92 are used which are arranged between the height guideways and are provided on the underside 42 of the running member 10. The guide surface 127 of the running member 10 is pressed against the side guide roller 92 by the action of the belt-shaped driving member 30, and the driving member 30 is pressed by the urging force against the rack 49 disposed on the opposite side to the guide surface 127. . A gear cutter 50 is provided on the rack 49, and a gear cutter 33 of the belt-shaped drive member 30 meshes with the gear cutter 50. As is clear from the figure, since the belt-like driving member is arranged on a plane extending parallel to the table plate 34, the reversing rollers 28, 29 are arranged on a horizontal plane like the side guide rollers 92. There is.

In this embodiment, it is also possible to drive the belt-shaped drive member 30, such as a toothed belt 31, directly via the drive pinion 35 of the drive motor 37. To this end, gearing 32 can also be provided on the inside of the toothed belt, so that a slip-free drive between the drive motor 37 and the running member 10 or the pallet insert 60 arranged thereon is achieved.

The height guide of the traveling member 10 on the height guideway 13 is performed via a guide roller 45, and this guide roller 45 is also disposed embedded in the traveling member 1O.

Of course, it is also possible to use a suitable support rail instead of the side guide roller 920, or to provide a guide disk above the reversing rollers 28, 29 or the support roller 88, so that the guide surface 127 of the running member 10 can be Can be supported by a disc.

FIG. 14 shows the housing part 44 of the processing station 7.8 of the manufacturing device 1. This housing portion 44 has an upper base frame and a lower base frame 128, 1 held at a distance from each other via a post 130.
It is formed from 29. As already explained with reference to FIG. 6, the length 64 of the housing portion 44 is greater than the width 65. This also applies to base frames 128 and 129. Column 130 by screwing or welding
a longitudinal side surface 132 of each base frame 128, 129, which can be combined with or formed integrally with;
Guide surfaces 134 and 135 are formed in the area 133,
A guide surface 134 is provided in the region of 136° 137 on the lateral sides.
and 138 are provided, through which a fixed rail 139, for example a single-shaped groove, is formed. In contrast, only a fixed rail section 140 is provided in each guide surface 135, which fixed rail section 1
40 extends from the side walls 136 , 137 to the region of the recess 131 . As a result, the upper base frame 128
Further weakening is prevented by forming the rail on top of the weakening at step 1. Although the recess 131 does not necessarily have to be provided, it is preferable that the base frame 128
By keeping the width 129 or the width 65 of the housing parts 44 small, it is possible to arrange two rows of housing parts 44 with their longitudinal side walls adjacent to each other in the work area of the worker.

Moreover, such a structure allows determining the maximum dimension of the axial distance 80 of the running member 10, thereby making it possible to form the running member 10 rectangular with respect to the feeding direction. This makes it possible to correspond and position the running member, and further improve the guiding accuracy of the running member in the height and lateral directions.

With the construction of the housing part 44 as shown in FIG. 14, it can be used both for the transfer station 16 and for the coupling station 17, and for the
The different stations described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 to 6 can be formed simply by using different table plates 34 or by simply using the rotating disk 63 inserted into the table plate 34. You have the advantage of being able to. In particular, by making the housing part 44 extremely simple in structure, depending on the structure of the table plate 34, the operation and assembly process can be carried out manually by a worker, or whether these processes can be carried out fully automatically. Different feed devices 15 to 126 can be used.

Guide surfaces 134, 135 and 138 that protrude from the surface of the pillar 130 and can be machined more accurately
This allows the individual housing parts 44 to be connected to each other to form a continuous running track. At the same time, the guide surfaces 134, 135 and 138 can be used for positioning and fixing a handling device or a supply device, such as a transfer baffle, in the housing part 44 by coupling it with a fixed rail 139 or a fixed rail part 140. . Complex support structures and positioning devices for aligning these parts onto the travel path or transport path can thereby be dispensed with.

As schematically shown in the figure, the individual housing parts 44 can be connected to each other by means of a mating hole 141 and a mating pin 142. This fitting hole 141 is the guide surface 138
If formed in one mold in common with the machining of 134 to 135, the individual housing parts 44 can be exchanged as desired and thus joined in any order.

As is clear from the drawings, in particular FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, there is a height guideway in the table plate 34 which can be formed by a hardened and polished steel guide rail 143 (FIG. 4). Recesses 146 or cutouts 147 (FIGS. 4 and 5) can be provided parallel to 13. The notch 147 in FIG. 5 is located within the rotating disk 63.

In particular, as is clear from FIGS. 3 and 6, the notch 147
is generally off-center for any height guideway 13
In particular, in the area of the transfer station 16, an opening 148, shown in dotted lines, can be provided juxtaposed to the feed device 15, since the opening 1
Through 48, a tool or a supporting stamp can contact the carrier 10 or 2 or the workpiece from below. As a result, at stations where large pressing forces have to be used, for example for caulking, engraving, etc., the running parts 2 or 10 can be supported directly on the base, for example via height-adjustable stamps. , so that the housing part 44 alone does not have to absorb the pressing forces that occur in this type of work process.

In that case, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 15 (in the figure, the feed devices 15 to 149 are
13), the opening 148 can be formed wider than in the case of the arrangement of the feed device 15 shown in FIG. A positioning device 150 for positioning and positioning can be arranged, for example as described in German Patent Application No. 3447
According to this positioning device, which can be formed according to No. 219, the stopper 151 of the positioning device 150 causes the counter stopper 152 (
(Fig. 5) are each stopped at a desired position.

The feeding device 149 shown in FIG. 15 can be provided with a large number of drive rollers 153 that are arranged one behind the other at a distance along the height guideway 13 and have elasticity in the radial direction. 153 is running member I
O or the running member 2 is pressed without play against the side guide roller 92 arranged on the opposite side of the height guideway 13. As a result, running member IO or running member 2
can be guided along the side guide rollers 92 without play.

The drive roller 153 or the side guide roller 92 and the running member IO or the running member 2 can be constructed, for example, in accordance with the embodiments of DE 33 04 091 A1.

The drive roller 153 can be driven using, for example, the drive type shown in FIG. 9, and for the center drive roller 153, another belt pulley 96 may be provided instead of the reversing roller 99.

FIG. 16 shows a housing member 44 according to the invention or a transfer and coupling station 16 formed thereby.
It is shown how the manufacturing device 1 can be formed from 1 to 17. That is, continuous main transfer path 1
54 is formed from a number of transfer stations 155 seamlessly joined by side walls 136-137, an embodiment of which is transfer station 1.
Corresponds to 6. Two coupling stations 156 are arranged in the middle of this main transfer path 154, and a lateral transfer path 157 is connected to each of these coupling stations.

This lateral transfer path 157 connects the coupling stations 156, 15
8 and a transfer station 155,
The longitudinal side walls 132-133 of the bonding stations 156, 158 extend parallel to each other and parallel to the longitudinal side walls of the bonding station 156, and the side walls 136, 137 of the transfer station 155 extend in the longitudinal direction of the bonding stations 156, 158. Side wall 132133
is placed parallel to. Joining station 15
6, 158, the parallel transfer path 159
and the sub-transfer path 160 can be arranged directly abutting each other, so that the longitudinal side walls 132 and 133 of the transfer station 16.degree. 155 directly adjoin or abut each other. Additionally, storage and transfer channels 161 are formed between the bonding stations 158 .

Main transfer path 154 to lateral transfer path 157 and parallel transfer path 1
59 while the running member 10 is guided along said transport path with the pallet insert 6 mounted thereon;
A container 5 is arranged on the running member 10 in the sub-transfer path 160, which container 5 is designed, for example, as a grip receptacle 162 for use in the area of a manual work station. The schematically illustrated worker 163 therefore picks up the individual parts 4 stored in the grip receptacle 162, for example the individual parts 4 that have been transferred on the pallet insert 6 or the parts prepared on the carriage 164. It is possible to combine the individual parts to form a structural group or even to position the individual parts with respect to the structural group already assembled on the pallet insert 6, said individual parts being used in a later working step, for example, to form a structural group. It is assembled and/or processed in station 8, i.e. in the area of automatic modularization.

By using the container 5 placed on the running member 10 (which container is designed as a grip container 162), it is possible for the worker 163 to use the respective necessary components for the work step that he or she is about to carry out. can. That is, especially in the case of components to be assembled with a small loft size, after a predetermined number of traveling members 10 having pallet insertion members 6 have passed, the grip containers on the traveling members 10 are fully automatically transferred to the storage transfer path 161. There, the grip container can be lowered and replaced with a grip container for future use stored in the storage transfer path. However, it is also possible to connect the running member 10 and the pallet insert 6 via the main transport path 154 (this pallet insert 6 may optionally be provided with an individual component receptacle for accommodating the components to be assembled or only an assembled component receptacle). ) at the same time the grip receptacle 162 can be pulled in, in which case the carriage 10 with the pallet insert 6 with the assembly parts storage or the individual parts storage is moved into the region of the parallel transport path 159. is,
The running member 10 having the grip container 162 is connected to the sub-transfer path 1
60 area.

In order to obtain sufficient safety against accidents during work, a movable partition wall 16 is provided between the parallel transfer path 159 and the sub-transfer path 1600.
It is also possible to provide a partition wall 165, for example along a guide rail 166 arranged above the transfer path, from the lateral region of the transverse transfer path 157 to the parallel transfer path 15.
9 and the sub-transfer path 160. However, it is also possible to lift the partition wall 165 upwards from below the housing part 44. When the partition wall is lifted upwards, the running member 10 with the grip receptacle 162 can be moved at will without risk of injuring the worker 163.

Furthermore, as is clear from FIG. 16, since the grip container is formed with an opening 167, the grip container can be used simultaneously as a cleaning container. Therefore, the individual parts 4 provided for assembly, as is the case, for example, with individual parts for a motor vehicle brake, can be cleaned and cleaned before assembly. During this cleaning step, solvent residues or lubricant residues from previous machine operations are removed.

Of course, it is also possible to use the running member 10 or the grip container 162.
It is also possible to provide a code element 168, which can be read using a code device 169 and, if necessary, the information contained therein can be rewritten. For example, it can be determined, according to the assembly program determined by a cascaded master combination unit, whether the individual parts 4 provided in the grip container 162 are suitable for the product to be assembled, or whether the correct individual parts are available for assembly. You can check if it is ready. Otherwise, the running member 10 with grip receptacles is not stopped and the running member 10 with grip receptacles 162
The code device 169 indicates that the code has the correct individual parts.
until the lateral transfer path 1 is detected through the sub-transfer path 160.
Sent to 57.

It should be noted that, as a matter of formality, when manual operations or combination processes are carried out in the parallel transport path 159, the feed device 15 is not connected in the parallel transport path 159 to a control device or a cascade-connected master computer. This can be operated by the worker, for example via a foot switch, so that only the traveling member 10 with the pallet insert 6 with the assembly parts receptacles or the individual parts receptacles is always present in the working area. The two-handed automatic system prevents workers from getting caught and getting injured.

Of course, each of the different embodiments described above can itself form the method of the invention. This is especially true when the running member l is designed as a grip container 162.
This is true for the container 5 that is movable on the O.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of a manufacturing device with a feeding device of various configurations according to the invention, formed rectangularly from a number of track sections; FIG. Figure 4 is a front sectional view taken along the line ■-■ of the traveling path section having a feeding device; Figure 3 is a top view of the traveling path section shown in Figure 2; FIG. 2 is a side sectional view taken along the line IV-rV of the running path portion shown in FIG. Figure 6 v
6 is a schematic top view of the running path portion shown in FIG. 5; FIG. 7 is a schematic side sectional view taken along the line - ■; FIG. 7 is a schematic top view of the running path portion shown in FIG. Figure 8 ■-■
Figure 8 is a top view of the running path section shown in Figure 7; Figure 9 is a bottom view of the feeder shown in Figures 7 and 8; Figure 10 is an approach to the feeder. 11 is a side view showing a part of the gearing of the toothed rail of the running member shown in FIG. 10; FIG. 12 is a horizontal plane FIG. 13 is a top view taken along the line x-x in FIG. Figure 12 is a front sectional view along the line x - The figure is a perspective view showing a part of a manufacturing apparatus consisting of a work station using the housing portion of the present invention. 1... Manufacturing equipment, 2... Running member, 3...
・Component parts, 4...Individual parts, 5...Container, 6...Pallet insertion parts, 7...
・Working station, 8...Working station, 9・
...Employee, 10...Travelling member, 11...
・Running road part, 12...Running road part, 13...
- Height guideway, 14... Side guideway 15... Feeding device, 17... Combining station, 19... Parallel transfer path, 21... Lateral transfer path, 23... Storage transfer path , 25... Transfer station, 27... Feeding device, 29... Reversing roller, 31... Toothed belt, 33... Gear cutter, 35... Drive pinion, 37... Drive motor , 39... Upper side, 41... Upper surface, 43... Upper surface, 45... Guide roller, 47... Side guide surface, 49... Rack, 51... Coupling device, 16... - Transfer station, 18... Main transfer path, 20... Sub transfer path, 22... Reverse dream transfer path, 24... Transfer station, 26... Feeding device, 28... Reversing roller, 30 ... Drive member, 32 ... Gear cutter, 34 ... Table plate, 36 ... Tension roller, 38 ... Support plate, 40 ... Distance, 42 ... Lower side, 44 ...・Housing part, 46...Side guide surface, 48...Guide passage, 50...Gear cutter, 52...Centering pin, 53...Accommodating part, 54...Top surface, 55...
... Support plate, 56... Length, 57... Length, 58... Side guide mechanism, 59... Side guide surface, 60... Roller, 61... Length,
62...Distance, 63...Rotating disk, 6
4...Length, 65...Width, 66...
・Stop device, 67...Bearing is device, 68...
Support stand, 69... Opening, 70... Side, 71... Edge, 72... Recess, 73
... protrusion, 74 ... gear, 75 ...
Feeding device, 76... Support stand, 77... Diameter, 78... Height guideway portion, 79... Length, 80... Axial distance, 81
... Height guideway part, 82 ... Height guideway part, 83 ... Side surface, 84 ... Drive member, 8
5... Toothed belt, 86... Shaft, 87...
Gear cutter, 88...Support roller, 89...
Spring, 91... Side, 92... Side guide roller, 93... Arrow, 94... Gear cutter, 95
...Toothed belt, 96...Belt wheel, 97...
Gear cutter, 98... Gear cutter, 99... Reversing roller, 100... Tension roller, 101... Friction plate, 102... Spring, 10
3...Screw nut, 104...Support plate, 105
...Bin, 106...Tooth surface, 107...
・Teeth, 108... Between teeth, 109... Teeth, 110... Working position, 111... Detection mechanism, 112... Marking, 113...
Distance, 114... Control device, 115...
Target value/actual value comparator, 116... Height, 117... Front end, 1
18...teeth, 119...teeth, 120.
...teeth, 121...width, 122...width, 123...approach angle, 90...tension roller, ...approach angle, ...feeder, ...base frame, ...・Column, ...Longitudinal side wall, ...Guide surface, ...Side wall, ...Guide surface, ...Fixed rail part, ...Mating bin, ...Steel guide ...Concave part , ... opening, ... positioning device, ... mating stopper, ... main transfer path, ... transfer station ... combined station ... lateral transfer path, ... combined station rail, 147... Notch, 149... Feeding device, 151... Stopper, 153... Drive roller,... Between teeth,... Guide surface,... Base frame,... Concavity, ...Longitudinal side wall, ...Guide surface, ...Side wall, ...Fixed rail, ...Fitting hole, ...Parallel transfer path, ...Storage and transfer path, ...Employee , ...partition wall, ...opening, ...cord device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Comprising a transverse guide device and a vertical guide device, a workpiece carrier propulsion device attached independently from these guide devices, and a conveying track section attached one after the other. fabricated for the machining or assembly of parts to be carried on a workpiece carrier, each of which is equipped with its own propulsion device independent of the adjacent section and with a strip drive member. In equipment, two vertical guide tracks (
13), a belt-shaped drive member (30) is attached to this vertical guide track, and the propulsion device (15) forms a transverse guide track (14). 2. The belt-shaped drive member (30) is formed by an annular toothed belt (31), and this toothed belt runs along a vertical guide track (
A patent characterized in that the belt pulleys (28, 29) extend parallel to the belt pulleys (28, 29) and are guided in the transverse and vertical directions via two belt pulleys (28, 29) spaced apart from each other in the transport direction, and are connected to an electric motor (37). Manufacturing equipment according to claim 1. 3. Toothed belt (31) and belt pulleys (28, 29)
3. The manufacturing equipment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the manufacturing equipment is attached to a surface perpendicular to the transportation direction. 4. The opposite sides or outer peripheries of the belt pulleys (28, 29) are connected to the transverse guide surface (
4. Fabrication equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that it forms a transverse guide surface (46) for the material (47). 5. The two transverse guide surfaces (47) form a substantially U-shaped or trapezoidal guideway (48) open towards the propulsion device, at the base of which a rack (49) is attached. Claims 1 to 4 are characterized in that:
Production equipment described in any one of the preceding paragraphs. 6. Provide gears (97, 98) on the side of the toothed belt (31) facing the rack (49) and on the opposite side from the rack, and provide gears on at least the belt pulley connected to the drive body. Claims 1 to 5 characterized by
Production equipment described in any one of the preceding paragraphs. 7. The propulsion device (13) is connected to two vertical guide devices (13).
), in particular in close proximity to one of the propulsion devices, the rack (49) and the vertical guide device, e.g.
Any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the shaft of the guide roller (45) supported by the hard guide rib is attached to a plane generally parallel to the conveyance plane. Production equipment listed in . 8. The belt pulleys (28, 29) of the propulsion device (15) and the electric motor (37) attached to the strip drive member (30) are supported by a common transport plate (38), and this transport plate is used as an assembly or processing station. 8. Manufacturing equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it is held by a table plate (34) or a casing part (44). 9. Claim No. 9, characterized in that the vertical guide device (13) or the guide ribs and belt-shaped drive member (30) forming the vertical guide device protrude from the upper surface of the table plate (34). Manufacturing equipment described in any one of Items 1 to 8. 10. The length (61) of the rack (49) is greater than the distance (62) in the transportation direction between two propulsion devices (15) arranged one after the other. Manufacturing equipment described in any one of Items 1 to 8. 11. The manufacturing equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the electric motor (37) is formed by a step motor equipped with a control device (114). 12. Attach a response member (111) at a predetermined distance from the processing section or assembly section, and when the response member (111) is energized, the electric motor (37) or toothed belt (31) will
12. Manufacturing equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that it further rotates by a predetermined number of steps. 13. A patent claim characterized in that the toothed belt (31) is provided with flat gears on the side facing the rack (49) and acute gears on the side facing the belt pulleys (28, 29). The manufacturing equipment described in any one of the scope items 1 to 12. 14. At least one side surface (83) is inclined in the direction of the central longitudinal axis of the workpiece carrier away from the vertical guide device (13), and this side surface (83) is inclined in oppositely inclined transverse directions. supported by a guide roller (92), the opposite side is guided by a support roller (88), and the side (
83) is supported elastically deformably or adjustable transversely to the vertical guide track (13). Manufacturing equipment listed in one. 15. In the plane parallel to the conveyance plane, the vertical guide track (
A patent characterized in that a single ring toothed belt (85) is attached in parallel with 13), and the belt surface of the toothed belt on the opposite side of the toothed belt is attached to the side surface (83) of the workpiece carrier. Manufacturing equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 14. 16. Belt pulleys (28, 29) for toothed belts separated from each other in the longitudinal direction of the vertical guide track (13)
) between which a supporting roller (88) is installed which produces a pressing force acting in the direction of the side surface (83) of the workpiece carrier. Production equipment. 17. Belt pulleys (28, 29) of toothed belt (85)
17. Fabrication installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper and lower guide tracks (13) are adjustable transversely to the vertical guide track (13) via a spring device. 18. On the side (91) opposite the toothed belt (85) of the workpiece carrier, a transverse guide roller (92) rotating about an axis (86) perpendicular to the conveying surface, for example a roller bearing or a needle The manufacturing equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 17, characterized in that a bearing is attached. 19. The propulsion device (15) is attached to the bucket-shaped holding device (66)
This holding device is rotatably supported via a bearing device (67), and is attached to a surface parallel to the gear (74) coupled to the holding device (66) and mounted parallel to the conveying surface. A propulsion device (75) supported on a pedestal (68)
) The production equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the manufacturing equipment is equipped with: 20. Patent claim characterized in that the length (64) and width (65) of the casing part (44) for the linear conveyance track and for the cross conveyance track are equal, the width (65) being smaller than the length (64) The production equipment according to any one of items 1 to 19. 21, the casing part (44) is provided with two rectangular base frames (128, 129), and these base frames are arranged at four corners with columns (130) perpendicular to the base frame.
21. The casing portion according to claim 20, wherein the casing portions are connected to each other via the casing portions. 22, the lower base frame (129) is connected to the vertical side wall (13
6), the upper base frame (128) attaches the linear fixing plate member (139) to the area of the short side edge of the base frame (128), and the long side edge Claim 20 or 21, characterized in that in the region of the ends there are fixed plate members (140) extending from the short side edges towards each other by approximately one-third of the overall length.
Casing part described in section. 23. Place the upper rectangular base frame (128) on the table plate (34), attach a linear vertical guide device, for example, a hardened steel guide rib (143) on the table plate, and install the propulsion device ( 15)
recess (72) or through hole (147) that accommodates
The casing portion according to any one of claims 20 to 22, characterized in that the casing portion is provided with: 24, characterized in that two or more casing parts (44) with side walls (136, 137) mounted directly adjacent to each other form a continuous transport track for the workpiece carrier The casing portion according to any one of the ranges 20 to 23. 25, at least two rows of casing sections (44) parallel to each other with side walls (136, 137) mounted directly adjacent to each other;
) are attached directly adjacent the longitudinal side walls (132, 133).
The casing portion according to any one of Items 24 to 24. 26, the table plate (34) is connected to the vertical guide track (13
) is provided with a slot-shaped recess (146) parallel to the upper and lower guide tracks (13), and this recess is installed between the two upper and lower guide tracks (13), particularly close to one of the upper and lower guide tracks. The casing part according to any one of claims 20 to 25. 27. Attach the propulsion device (15) to the transport plate (38), and attach the transport plate (38) to the table plate (34).
), and a belt-shaped drive member (34), for example, an annular toothed belt (31), is fixed to the table plate (34) at a predetermined distance.
), claim 20 is characterized in that it protrudes from
The casing portion according to items 25 to 25. 28. arranged in line with the propulsion device (15) and before and/or after this propulsion device, a transverse guide member;
The casing part according to one of claims 20 to 27, characterized in that it is provided with a transverse guide roller rotatable about an axis horizontal to the table plate (34). . 29, the table plate (34) has a circular recess (13
1) and a pedestal (68) passing through the casing part (44) in the opposite direction to the table plate (34).
29. The casing part according to any one of claims 20 to 28, wherein the casing part 3) is rotatably supported around an axis perpendicular to the table plate (34). 30, a patent characterized in that the rotary disc (63) has a vertically elongated recessed portion (72), and the upper inter-wheel portion of the band-shaped drive member (30) penetrates and protrudes from the table plate (34) at this recessed portion. A casing portion according to claims 20 to 29. 31, parallel to the vertically long recessed part (72), the vertical guide track (
13) with a linear vertical guide device, for example, a hardened steel guide rib (143) that has been ground,
At various angular positions of these vertical guide devices, vertical guide track sections (82) are mounted at equal intervals transversely to the transport direction, and in particular, the vertical guide track sections (82) are attached to the longitudinal side walls of the casing part (44). installed parallel to and at right angles to the short side side wall or long side side wall (132, 133)
30, characterized in that it extends from the front edge (71) of the table plate (34) facing the rotary disk (63) in each case to the front edge (71) of the table plate (34). casing part. 32, the holding device (66) is connected to a particularly rotating rim mounted parallel to the rotating disk (63) in the end region opposite the rotating disk (63), which rim is connected to the propulsion device (7).
5) is fitted into the drive member (30), and this propulsion device is attached at right angles to the propulsion device (15) attached to the rotating disk (63), and is also formed similarly to this propulsion device. Claims 20 to 3
The casing part described in any one of items 1 to 1. 33. The holding device (66) is rotatably supported by the pedestal (68) via the bearing device (67) about an axis perpendicular to the table plate (34), and the gear (74) is supported beyond the pedestal (68). A holding device (
33. The casing portion according to claim 20, wherein the casing portion is attached to the portion 66). 34, casing part (44) and/or pedestal (68
) and/or the holding device (66) are made of cast metal. 35. Attaching to the longitudinal guide track closest to the operator (163), for example, a parallel conveyance track (159), a chassis (10) with assembly parts, and a longitudinal side wall facing away from this operator (163) Claims 20 to 20 are characterized in that on the longitudinal guide track mounted directly adjacent to the auxiliary conveying channel (160), the graph bucket (162) or the working and/or processing implements are carried, for example. The casing portion according to any one of paragraph 34.